IN MEMORIAM Samuel Isaac Bratton Samuel Isaac Bratton of Little Rock died on June 5, 2014, at the age of 69. He earned a BA degree from Hendrix College and a JD from the University of Arkansas School of Law in Fayetteville. Bratton worked with Jim Guy Tucker and Bill Clinton as an Assistant Attorney General. He began working in the Governor’s Office after Clinton was elected governor in 1978. He was Chief Counsel for Legal and Financial Policy for Clinton and served in that capacity until he was appointed Chairman of the Arkansas Public Service Commission (PSC) by Clinton in 1989. He was Chairman of the PSC from 1989 through 1997 and was a Commissioner from 1997 through 2001. He was Counsel to the Commissioners from 2001 until 2003. Ronald E. Bumpass Ronald E. Bumpass of Fayetteville died on June 22, 2014, at the age of 66. He was a graduate of the University of Arkansas (cum laude) and the University of Arkansas School of Law. He practiced law in downtown Fayetteville for 39 years, was an adjunct professor of political science at the University of Arkansas and worked nationwide as a federal arbitrator. Clyde Dickens Calliotte Clyde Dickens Calliotte, formerly of Little Rock, died on June 9, 2014, in Winchester, Massachusetts, at the age of 94. She graduated co-valedictorian of her class from the University of Arkansas Law School. She served as Assistant Attorney General; as law clerk for several justices of the Arkansas Supreme Court; as Master in Chancery; as law clerk for Judge Pat Mahaffey of the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals; as the first Director of Consumer Protection in the Arkansas Attorney General’s Office and as Reporter of
Decisions for the Arkansas Reports. Judge Dorothy Yancy Howard Judge Dorothy Yancy Howard of North Little Rock died on May 10, 2014, at the age of 97. She received her LLB Degree from LaSalle University. Licensed to practice law in Arkansas and Federal District Courts in 1947, Mrs. Howard was one of 69 persons taking the Arkansas Bar Exam, along with three other women. Twenty-nine passed the exam, including all four women. In 1950, Mrs. Howard was appointed Standing Master in Chancery for Pulaski County Courts by Judges Murray O. Reed and Guy Williams. Judges continued to appoint Mrs. Howard until her retirement in 1990. Edward Moore Penick Edward Moore Penick, Sr., of Little Rock died on June 14, 2014, at the age of 92. He joined the Army Air Corps and received his pilot’s wings in September 1942. He served 22 months in China with General Chennault’s 14th Air Force Group, the Flying Tigers, where he received two Distinguished Flying Crosses, two Air Medals and the Purple Heart. He was also awarded the Chinese Government’s Brave Aviator Award and the Chinese Victory Medal. Released from active duty in December 1945, he held the rank of Major and Squadron Commander. He was recalled to active duty in 1951 in the Korean War and trained to fly B-50 bombers. Penick returned to University of Arkansas to receive a degree in banking and finance in 1946 and a Doctorate of Laws degree in 1948 from the University of Arkansas School of Law. He did post graduate work at Stonier Graduate School of Banking, Rutgers University and School of Finance and Public Relations at Northwestern University. Penick first joined Worthen Bank in 1939. He joined the Board of Directors in 1951 and was appointed President, CEO, and Chairman from 1974 to 1983. After he left Worthen
Bank he worked for Eichenbaum Liles and Heister law firm. He served as an Arbitrator with the National Association of Security Dealers and the New York Stock Exchange. He retired in 1996. William Henry “Bill” Trice III William Henry “Bill” Trice III of Little Rock died April 10, 2014, at the age of 67. He earned a BA and JD from the University of Arkansas. He began his law career as Deputy Prosecutor for Pulaski County before entering into private practice with Senator Max Howell and Dale Price. He represented the Arkansas State Medical Board since 1989, as well as the Arkansas State Board of Dental Examiners and Arkansas State Board of Optometry since 1991. Bill served in Active Duty and the Reserves of the United States Army and the Arkansas Army National Guard from which he retired as a Lieutenant Colonel after 26 years. William Henry Lee Woodyard III William Henry Lee Woodyard III of Little Rock died on April 26, 2014, at the age of 68. He attended Vanderbilt University before earning his BA and JD from the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville. His legal career began as a law clerk to Arkansas Supreme Court Associate Justice George Rose Smith. After his clerkship, he joined the Arkansas Insurance Department as an attorney and became Deputy Commissioner and Chief Counsel. In 1976, he was appointed Insurance Commissioner of the state of Arkansas and he served in that position until Dec. 31, 1982. Upon leaving the Insurance Commissioner position, Bill joined the firm of Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Jackson and Tucker in February 1983, and founded the firm’s Insurance Regulatory Practice. In 1991, the firm officially changed its name to Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates and Woodyard, P.L.L.C. as it is known today. The information contained herein is provided by the members’ obituaries.
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